Possible Twite for ID Please (1 Viewer)

[Fuchsia]

(Not a) Twite for ID Please

Hello,
These four were twittering around in the orchard with a flock of finches. The nearest I can find are Twites but there were Linnets here earlier in the year. Apologies for the pics but they were far away.

Many thanks
Jen :h?:

 

[Fuchsia]

Now I'm pretty sure they're Linnets - feeling silly here!!! :h?:

 

[Jos Stratford]

No need to feel silly, we all find birds we're not sure of ...but I think you reached the right decision

 

[Fuchsia]

Thanks Jos. I'll look at more than one page of Google before I leap!

Jen )

 

[pauco]

Jen, we all get it wrong somtimes, no need to feel silly.
bert.

 

[Jos Stratford]

Oi Bert - are you coping my message?!

 

[Bluetail]

Not silly at all, Jen. You made the correct ID in the end; that's the important thing.

 

[pauco]

Oi Bert - are you coping my message?!

Who me, :eek!: ooop's.

 

[pduxon]

Jen, we all get it wrong somtimes, no need to feel silly.
bert.

often more than sometimes!!

Anyway Jen, they at least look similar. One field guide I have that lists confusion species lists Twite for Linnet.

 

[Jos Stratford]

Ay Bert, see what you've started now! Somebody's copied the message you copied!

Before I get strung up for thread diversion, I guess I should add something about Twites! Habitat could also help you with your i.d. - though often they might occur in similar places, the birds Jen photoed were flitting about in an orchard ...in my experience I would say this is an unlikely spot for them, thus might hint towards the Linnets you first suspected

 

[Fuchsia]

Aww - thanks you lot

 

[pauco]

Ay Bert, see what you've started now! Somebody's copied the message you copied!

Before I get strung up for thread diversion, I guess I should add something about Twites! Habitat could also help you with your i.d. - though often they might occur in similar places, the birds Jen photoed were flitting about in an orchard ...in my experience I would say this is an unlikely spot for them, thus might hint towards the Linnets you first suspected

Oi Jos, copie of a copie of a copie!! :bounce: